Thread: Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XIX! (Patch 2.5 Preview)

Are there any plans to remove the restrictions of the Grand Companies to queue for the Front lines? Because this is the number one reason queues can be quite long. This is also preventing FC members in diff GCs from pvping with each other in the same group.

Also, are there any plans to make Frontlines 8v8v8 and at the same time, any plans for Wolf's Den to have objectives added along with 8v8 matches, to make it actually Fun instead of a simple 'KILL Everything!'...?

Will there be different objectives for PvP instead of simply, 'Capture Point'. Take a look at other mmos and see the variety of pvp maps and objectives they use, NOT GW2 which is the same capture and hold everywhere. Some examples -

Reach Final Objective - There are 3 parts to the arena. 1st part - players dash to reach and open one of them. 2nd part - two doors, but this time, there's a bridge that needs to be enabled, in front of either door, to reach it. 3rd part - also 2 doors, but is tight knit and has little space to hide from enemies.

Open and Shut Gates - Reinforcements come from open gates to help the party. But also, act as alternative ways fro the enemy to access their region.

Capture the Flag - Obvious.

Will there be more info and lore on the War of the Magi in 2.5 and will it influence the story in some way?

I remember reading that Nymen and Amdapor wer at war with each other and this is what set the sixth umbreal era in to play when they used such powerful magic and it drained the athear causing the world to flood and freeze over to correct the imbalance.

Will Gold Saucer got minigame based on mini-rts defending the fort as we got in Gold Saucer FFVII Version??
Also based on FFT can be fun, leveling own mini-troops for it---sweet

What item level loot drops should we expect from hard mode AK and the new portion on CT?

Will the golden saucer be open 24 hours and will any events/games be made available ONLY at certain times?

Back in version 1 and the alpha/beta, extra transitional animations occurred when players started moving, and stopped moving. You would see the running animation break into a natural run, then naturally slow down to a stop. Why wasn't this kept in ARR? Will it ever be back?
It really made the feeling of running everywhere so smooth and realistic.

Can you tell us anything about the Gold Saucer?

Is Hildibrand gonna retire in 2.5 or will he come back in 3.0?

Rank IV materia such as Savage Aim and Savage Might is very expensive and somewhat difficult to get, which poses a problem for the Novus relic step. Will there be another method to obtain these or an increased rate in their appearance when spiritbonding items?

We already have graphical options to be able to turn off effects, shadows and other such things... would it be possible to implement an option to turn "special" AoE markers (like in Ifrit, Titan and Levi) into the basic red circles? I feel that something like that would be a huge help to players who have issues with latency in those fights or who are on PS3/lower-end computers, where having to load those special AoE markers can mean the difference between a player being able to dodge successfully or getting hit by the AoE because of the loading lag.